Kerry McDonald
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Cities Lead the Way in (Another) Massive Fall Exodus from US Public Schools
Many parents pulled their children out of school last year for homeschooling and other private options, as schools remained shuttered…
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Locke Vs. Lockdowns: Has America Lost Its Way?
This article is excerpted from LiberatED, a weekly email newsletter where FEE Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald brings you news…
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Biden Administration Seeks to Override States That Prohibit School Mask Mandates, Citing Civil Rights Act
The back-to-school mask wars have been heating up for weeks, but the Biden administration just took them to a whole…
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The School Mask Wars Are Heating Up
This article is excerpted from LiberatED, a weekly email newsletter where FEE Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald brings you news…
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Why You Should Redshirt Your Kindergartener This Year
As back-to-school season gets underway, many parents are wondering what to do. Changing CDC guidelines, regular quarantines of entire classrooms…
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Back-to-School Chaos: Public Schools Are Already Quarantining Entire Classrooms Over Isolated COVID Cases
While parents may have been gleeful at the prospect of schools reopening this fall for full-time, in-person learning, it’s becoming…
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Teachers Unions Are Again Flexing Their Political Muscle, This Time On Mandatory Masking
On Monday, the Massachusetts Teachers Union unanimously voted to endorse mandatory mask-wearing for all students in preschool through college, calling…
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Back-to-School Mask Mandates Are Outraging Parents—Here’s How to Get Around Them
School districts across the country are beginning to impose mask mandates for all students and staff this fall. Officials in…
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You Don’t Have to Send Your Kid Back to Public School This Fall—Here Are Your Options
This year’s back-to-school season is as uncertain and unsettling as the last. With schools in some parts of the country…
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How Cities Are Pushing Small Daycares Out of Business
This article is excerpted from LiberatED, a weekly email newsletter where FEE Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald brings you news…
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Famous Investor: The Homeschooling Boom Is Just Beginning
Speculation abounds over whether or not the pandemic-induced growth in homeschooling is temporary. While there are several signs indicating that…
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Virginia School Board Hearing on Critical Race Theory Descends into Uproar and Arrests — It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
Whether it’s yesterday’s battles over prayer in school or today’s conflicts over critical race theory, public schooling causes people to…
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4 Signs Parents Won’t Be Sending Their Kids Back to Public School This Fall
As disruptive as the 2020/2021 academic year was, it led to many positive educational changes that will be transformative and…
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Biden’s Taxpayer-Funded Childcare Plan Won’t Work, Harvard Economist and Obama Ally Concludes
The Biden administration is proposing to spend $225 billion on subsidized daycare over the next decade as part of its…
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The Labor Market Shortage is Exposing Two Big Ways the Government Hurts Teenagers
My 14-year-old daughter walked over to a nearby floral shop earlier this week to see if she could work there…
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